Executive Director Heilman and Dr. Amy Jackson, director of curriculum and instruction, presented the district’s strategic scorecard and long-term performance metrics to the board, focusing on regular attendance, discipline and assessment results.

Dr. Jackson said districtwide regular attendance for October reached 74%, a two percentage point gain over the prior two years, and described building-level strategies and plan–do–study–act cycles to sustain improvements. She said students with disabilities’ regular attendance rose to 68% in October and economically disadvantaged students’ attendance improved by two percentage points as well.

On discipline, the district reported a material drop in suspensions compared with the prior year: September suspensions were 14 percentage points lower and October suspensions decreased by 29 incidents from the year before. Dr. Jackson noted that male student suspensions were down 15 percentage points in October from the prior year.

Academic achievement review covered state assessment cohort data and universal screener fall results. Third-grade state assessment results rose (language arts up 4 percentage points; math up 5 percentage points year over year in specific grades), with some cohorts meeting district strategic goals and others still short. Presenters compared district universal screener averages to national means, reporting small or no summer slide in several cohorts but noting the district remains slightly below national averages in some grades.

Board members raised questions about the math curriculum rollout. Dr. Jackson and Heilman described training provided before and during the school year, plans for additional in-service days and trainer support, release time for middle-school staff, and that much of the professional development has been funded using Title II funds. They cautioned that continued federal or state funding cuts would require reprioritizing district funds used for training.

No formal board action was taken; the presentation was accepted for information.